Refuse and recycling - containers and stickers

To change cart sizes, please contact Lakeshore Recycling Systems at 630.581.8650 or StCharles@LRSrecycles.com. A $25 container exchange/delivery fee will apply from Lakeshore.

Lakeshore Recycling Systems is the refuse & recycling contractor for residents within St. Charles city limits.

More information is at https://www.stcharlesil.gov/services/refuse.

To report that garbage and/or recycling has not been picked up,

• Contact Lakeshore Recycling at 630-581-8650 or StCharles@LRSrecycles.com

The Curbside Refuse Pick Up Schedule is as follows for residents living within the city limits of St. Charles:

Residents living east of the river: Monday collection

Residents living west of the river: Tuesday collection

Refuse collection holidays are as follows:

• New Year's Day
• Memorial Day
• July 4
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas

When scheduled collection falls on one of these holidays, collections are delayed by one day for the remainder of the week.

More details about services and costs are also on the Lakeshore Recycling Systems website at https://www.lrsrecycles.com/stcharles/.

Stickers for yardwaste bags/refuse and half-refuse bags (20 gallon) can be purchased at the following locations:

• Do it Best Hardware (waste stickers only), 3619 E. Main Street
• DG Ace Hardware (waste stickers only), 2650 E. Main Street  
• Meijer Foods (waste stickers only), 855 S. Randall Rd.
• Ace Hardware (waste stickers only), 617 W. State St. (Geneva)  
• Jewel Foods (waste stickers & half-refuse bags), 652 Kirk Rd.
• Jewel Foods (waste stickers & half-refuse bags), 2073 Prairie St.
• Jewel Foods (waste stickers only), 375 Randall Rd. (South Elgin)
• City Hall (waste stickers & half-refuse bags), 2 E. Main Street  

Pricing information is at www.stcharlesil.gov/services/refuse